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$1.8 Million Award After Illinois Federal Prisoner's Suicide; Award Reversed On Appeal

Illinois State resident Karen Johnson brought a federal tort and 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983 action against the United States in 1996 after her husband Robert committed suicide in a federal prison. The court awarded her $1.8 million.

Robert Johnson was incarcerated at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in Chicago in ...

 

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